The Pilgrim’s Prescription
The spider bite appeared on my foot in Barcelona, shortly after our group viewed the gleaming sword of St. Ignatius. I did...
Teeny Grandma and Outer Space
-- Winnie Faye Wolfe Thaxton, 1899-1983
She covers the bathroom floor with newspaper where her Chihuahua can shit. Just tiptoe...
Gale Force
And every man knew, as the captain did too,
T'was the witch of November come stealin'
“The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” – Gordon Lightfoot
The...
Animagraphy
In 1904, Edward Sheriff Curtis took a photograph of Teddy Roosevelt. The photo shows him half in the light, against a dark background, pince-nez...
Autopsy Report
My mother’s brain weighed 1420 grams.
No discernible measure for the gravity of her mind.
Her thoughts, heavy enough to crush her.
Cyanotic nail beds. General...
